Tag Archives: Bowing Down to Spiritual Bullies

Joel Kaplan has been a lifelong friend of Brett Kavanaugh. This relationship compelled Kaplan to attend Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing as a sign of support. This is what friends do, to be there in times of need for those they care about. The only problem for Kaplan is that he is the Vice President of Facebook. As employees of Facebook saw Joel on television sitting behind Kavanaugh, staff became outraged, demanding an explanation. When Kaplan returned to work, he was pressured, bullied into apologizing for being a friend of Kavanaugh.

Then the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped and served the Baals, Judges 2:11.

Whenever there is an absence of spiritual leadership, individuals begin to follow human nature. After the death of Joshua, who was used to lead Israel into God’s promised land, there was a spiritual void. When no one volunteered to stand up to show others the way, Jews began to do what was right in their own eyes. Throughout the course of history, this cycle repeats itself until convicted hearts repent, confessing the error of their ways by turning back to follow God. Based upon recent current events, progressive leaders are stepping up to redefine right from wrong.

And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods from the gods of the peoples who were around them, and they bowed down to them, and offended and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 So they abandoned the Lord and served Baal [the pagan god of the Canaanites] and the Ashtaroth, Judges 2:12-13.

Apparently, there is some new Bible, source of truth, that I am not aware of. This new standard evidently claims that president Trump is evil and anyone who follows or supports him is a bad person. These beliefs are being enforced by protestors, hoping to scare others from publicly supporting likeminded candidates, leaders and politicians. While president Trump has his flaws, allowing loose lips and undisciplined tweets to express unnecessary comments, no one should bow down to bullies. As worldly influences continues to challenge what you think and believe, may the power of the Holy Spirit give you the courage to stand up and reinforce the values you hold dear.